1. Patricia introduced herself
to the committee. She is filling in for Jac Bulk for the semester.

2. Minutes of the November 20th
meeting were approved.

3.
Reports:

Jay Lokken
handed out to the committee a description of the new book Going
Global: Making an International Life and Career. A copy of this book
will be available at the new International Studies Resource Center 223 Graff
Main Hall. He also reported the following:

Summer position has been
filled for this Year and is using 128 funds.

Sandy Sieber will be the new
permanent Summer Internship Coordinator. She has just won a summer trip to Hong
Kong.

New expectations are in
place from SEVIS after passing of the Patriot Act. Students are being
interviewed and any students who leave the country will have to re-apply for
visas.

The committee discussed how
delays in the process might lead to significant delays and thus students being
out of school. Lokken pointed out that some students might not make it back for
the semester. Re-admission then also might become an issue. Some
international students have begun to apply to schools in other countries to
avoid these requirements.

There are also new
requirements to report students out of status.

Numbers for Spring semester
are good; 116 students will be studying abroad.

Discussions are underway in the Deans’ Council regarding the International
Development Grants.

Eric Kraemer
reported that
the International Studies minor now has about two dozen minors and that
several students have recently shown interest.

4. Old Business.

Mary Davidson answered
questions about her study tour proposal to Great
Britain.

The committee discussed
certain aspects of the tour and the following in particular: responsibility for
students not flying back with the group.

It was pointed out that
University liability ends when the there is the last day of finals for the
program.

The outcome of the
Lockerbie lawsuit suggests that Universities should not require students to
all return together.

Students can take their own
flights at the end of the tour but the

University is no longer liable for them.

·It was pointed out that all participants sign a
statement of responsibility from system.

5. M/S/P to approve Dr.
Davidson’s proposal provided it includes the five enumerated items required by
the committee. The committee chair will relay these requirements and committee
vote Dr. Davidson tomorrow.

6. New Business.

Eric Kraemer
provided the committee a list of International Studies classes with the
following revisions. The word “national” will be struck from all 450 classes.
In Category II we will add INS 350 Foreign Research and INS 450 Foreign
Internship. The motion passed unanimously.